Mag. Dr.scient.med. Alvie Loufouma Mbouaka, MSc.
Center for Pathophysiology, Infectiology and Immunology (Institute of Specific Prophylaxis and Tropical Medicine)
Position: Research Associate (Postdoc)
ORCID: 0000-0003-4561-8026
Keywords
Genomics; Molecular Biology; Parasitology; Proteomics
Research group(s)
- Molecular parasitology
Head: Julia Walochnik
Research Area: Acanthamoeba infections, amoebae as hosts for bacteria, vector-borne parasites, molecular phylogeny
Members:
Selected publications
- Loufouma Mbouaka, A. et al., 2021. Antimicrobial effect of auranofin against Acanthamoeba spp. International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents, 58(5), p.106425. Available at: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijantimicag.2021.106425.
- Loufouma Mbouaka, A. et al., 2021. The elusive parasite: comparing macroscopic, immunological, and genomic approaches to identifying malaria in human skeletal remains from Sayala, Egypt (third to sixth centuries AD). Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences, 13(7). Available at: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12520-021-01350-z.
- Leitsch, D. et al., 2021. An unusual thioredoxin system in the facultative parasite Acanthamoeba castellanii. Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences, 78(7), pp.3673–3689. Available at: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00018-021-03786-x.
- Loufouma-Mbouaka, A. et al., 2020. Evaluation of rapid diagnostic tests and Enzyme Linked Immunoassay in the detection of malaria in ancient human remains. Journal of Archaeological Science, 116, p.105118. Available at: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jas.2020.105118.